State v. Abeyta

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[sjelf-defense is only a justification for a killing, and thus a lawful act, if all the elements necessary for self-defense are met”
• indicating the jury must be told that it must acquit if it finds a defendant acted in self-defense in order to avoid conflicting instructions
• indicating the jury must be told that it must acquit if it finds a defendant acted in self-defense in order to avoid conflicting instructions
• “shooting at someone with a rifle, if not justified as perfect self-defense, would be a felony assault”
• stating the use of excessive force renders the action unlawful and the action cannot be deemed to be a lawful act done in an unlawful manner as required by the involuntary manslaughter statute
• stating the use of excessive force renders the action unlawful and the action cannot be deemed to be a lawful act done in an unlawful manner as required by the involuntary manslaughter statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).